On Monday (14 July), the Church of England's General Synod voted in favour of allowing women to be ordained as bishops.
The measure, which was passed by the House of Laity in a majority vote of 152 to 45, was backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Prime Minister David Cameron.
Responding to the outcome, American theologian Dr Albert Mohler, who serves as the ninth president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville said:
"The public conversation about Monday’s vote reveals issues of urgency and importance that go far beyond Britain and the Church of England. The Prime Minister’s command that the church “get with the program” and “be a modern church in touch with society as it is today” is a command that is now addressed in every modern culture to every church.
"One key question is that raised by A. N. Wilson. Can we even envision a day when Christian leaders might be taken seriously as committed to biblical Christianity? Or, to use his very words, “still more, one in which they might be thought threatening?” If not, Christianity in the West will continue its slide into compromise and eventual surrender."
Read Dr Mohler's full article here >
